Calling himself a longtime fan of retiring host David Letterman, Mayor Eric Garcetti wasted no time Wednesday in making his pitch for a new late-night show based in Los Angeles.

While Garcetti did not mention the departure of “The Tonight Show” from Burbank to New York, in an open letter to CBS President Les Moonves, he said he was “excited for the opportunity to encourage you to bring CBS’ next late-night show to the city.”

Garcetti pointed out the city’s new Office of Motion Picture and Television Production, under the leadership of Ken Ziffren, which seeks to encourage production in Los Angles.

“I have made the entertainment industry a key priority for my administration. It’s a critical component to our city’s economy and identity,” Garcetti wrote.

Garcetti said the film-industry office is working to cut “red tape, lending proactive assistance, and by furthering public policy to compete with the financial incentives offered by other states.”

He did not mention that one of his Hollywood friends is Jimmy Kimmel, whose own late-nighter tapes on Hollywood Boulevard and switched time slots in early 2013 to take on Letterman and Leno.

Kimmel, in fact, served as master of ceremonies at Garcetti’s mayoral swearing-in.